Canada will provide Ukraine with more than 80 thousand rocket engines
Canada will provide Ukraine with a large batch of CRV-7 rocket engines. The package will also include 1300 missile warheads.
This was reported by RBC-Ukraine with reference to a statement by the Canadian government.
The delivery was announced by Canadian Defense Minister Bill Blair at a meeting of the Contact Group on Ukraine's Defense in the Ramstein format.
The shipment will include 80,840 CRV-7 rocket engines and 1,300 warheads. They are being prepared for shipment to Poland, where they will arrive in the coming months.
Previously, the CRV-7 rocket engines were used by the Canadian Air Force on CF-18 fighter jets, but they were retired.
Canada will also donate 970 C6 machine guns and 10,500 9mm pistols from its stockpile.
At Ukraine's request, Blair also announced that Canada would provide decommissioned chassis from 29 M113s and 64 Coyote LAV armored personnel carriers. It is planned that they will be repurposed in Ukraine or used for spare parts.
Author - Olena Madiak, 06/09/2024
